Hasp-hook.



7 J SWEARINGEN HASP HOOK.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2|, 1915. 1, 178,966. Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE...

SAMUEL T. SWEARING-EN, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

HASP-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 21, 1915. Serial No. 57,141.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. SwnaRrN- GEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and- State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasp-Hooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. v

This invention relates to hook protectors and locks, and has special reference to hooks which are used upon screen doors and window screens.

the apparel of a person passing through the door.

Another object of this invention is the production of a hook protector and lock wherein the hook is pivotally mounted upon the shaft so as to allow the hookto have side movement when swung to a vertical plane, whereby the hook may be swung to one side so as to engage the screw eye for retaining a screen door or screen in .a closed position.

Another object of this invention is the production of a hook protector and lock wherein the frame is so constructed as to guide the hook when the same is released toward a vertical position with respect to the frame, whereby the hook may be swung so as to depend or extend upwardly therefrom, thereby preventing the same from coming into engagement with any foreign object when not in use.

A still further object of this invention is the production of a simple and eflicient means for urging the hook in one direction when the same is released. p

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe hook protector and lock, illustrating the manner in which the same is used. Fig.2 is a front elevation of thehook protector and lock, showing the same in use and illustrating how it will rescreen door.

tain a screen door in a closed position. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the hook protector and lock. Fig. 4: is a section taken on the line 4% of -Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows. F 6-is a detail perspective view of the pivoted shaft. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a slightly inoldified form of the hook protector and Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals it will be seen that the hook 'protector and lock comprises a frame formed of a base 1, having a screw 2 extending therethrough. Uponthe forward surface of the base 1 there is formed a cylindrical housing 3 having its forward end open as clearly shown in Fig. 3. This frame is adapted to be positioned upon a screen door 4 by rotating the same so as to cause the screw 2 to pass into the frame of the At this time it will be seeen that the base 1 will bear upon the screen door 4:, while the housing '8 thereof will eX- te'nd outwardly in a horizontal plane.

The rotating shaft comprises a central flat body 5 having the necks 6 and 7 extending therefrom. The shaft is adapted to be carried by the housing 3 by passing the neck 6 through the opening 8 and the neck 7 through the opening 9. After'the neck 6' has been passed through the opening 8 the end thereof may be flattened as shown at 10, so as to prevent the accidental withdrawal of the shaft, while the abutting-of the flat body 5 against the inner surfaces of the housing 3 as shown'in Fig. 4:,wil1

prevent the movement of the flat body through the opening 8. In this manner it will be seen that the shaft will be held against accidental displacement, and at the same time will be allowed to rotate or pivot freeley. A coiled spring 11 is carried upon the neck 7, and [has one end thereof, as shown at 12, extending through the opening l3 formed in the fiat body 5. This flat spring is adapted to fit within the opening 9 formed in thehousing 3, since the opening 9 is considerably larger than the opening 8. Theopposite end of the coiled spring terminates in a finger 14 which passes around the outer side of the housing 3 and fits within cordingly as the spring is mounted upon the shaft so as to protect the same from slipping, it will be seen that when the finger 14 rests within the notch 15 the resiliency thereof will cause the shaft to be urged in one direction.

The hook member comprises a body 16 having an elongated fiat portion 17 at one end and the hook 18 at the opposite end. Within the body 16 there is formed an elongated slot 19 which is adapted to fit upon the body 5 of the shaft. Although the slot 19 is considerably longer than the width of the body 5 of the shaft, it is the same breadth as this body 5, and accordingly the shaft will normally urge the hook member in one direction.

The housing 3 is provided with the curved guiding edges 20 communicating with the interior of the pocket 21.

When this hook protector and lock is in use, the frame is adapted to be mounted upon the screen 1 so as toallow the base 1 thereof to fit upon the screen A, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. At this time the hook member will be carried upon the shaft so as to allow the flat body 5 thereof to extend through the slot 19. The urging of the shaft in one direction by means of the spring 11 will cause the flat body 17 of the hook member to extend through the pocket 21 formed in the housing 3. Therefore, when the screen door is unlocked the hook member will extend to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. The

fitting thereof within the pocket 21 will hold the same against side movement, and accordingly the centrifugal force of the screen door swinging to a closed position will not throw the hook member to one side.

By allowing the hook member as in the present invention to be mounted upon the pivoted shaft which is urged in one direc tion by the coiled spring, it will be seen that the hook member will be held so "as to extend downwardly or if the frame is so turned, so as to. extend upwardly. Inasmuch as the coiled spring will urge the hook member in one direction it would be impossible for the hook member to fly unguarded about so as to cause any injury whatever.

When it is desired to lock the screen door it may be swung to the position disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to abut upon the frame 22. The hook member at this time will extend to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. It may then be gripped, pulled or lifted toward a horizontal plane, which action will of course swing the shaft and tighten the coiled spring. hen the hook memberhasmoved slightly above a horizontal plane it may be swung to one side, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, s0 as to pass above the screw eye 23 carried by the door frame 22. As it engages the screw eye 23 it will be seen that the screen door 4 will be positively retained on a closed position by means of the hook and screw eye. WVhen it is desired to release the screen from its correct position the hook may be lifted from engagement with the screw eye 23 and then may be released. The tension of the spring 11 will swing the shaft 5 which will in turn swing the hook member so as to cause the hook member to strike upon the curved guide edges 20 of the pocket 21, and thus hold the hook in a position to prevent the same from injuring any foreign object or preventing the screen from swinging to a closed posi tion.

By referring to Fig. 7 it will be seen that a slightly modified form of the frame is shown, as indicated at 24:, which has the base 25 thereof provided with the screw 26, which may be passed into the screen door 27 This screw 26 extends at right angles to the frame 24 so as to allow the hook member 28 to extend parallel with the screen door 27 and at right angles to the screw member. This hook member 28 is adapted to engage the screw eye 29 carried by the door frame 30. By the use of this form of the device it will be seen that the hook protector and lock may be carried in a slightly different manner than in the preferred form, or may be used upon a sliding screen so as to hold the same in a closed position.

It will be noted that the housing 3 is provided with an opening 31 in which a nail or nail set may be inserted for facilitating the rotation of the housing when the same is being secured upon a screen door frame, thereby allowing the device to be easily mounted in its correct position. Furthermore, it will be seen that the base 1 is provided with an opening 32 through which a tack or nail 32 may be passed so as to pass into the screen door frame 4 after the device has been mounted thereon, whereby the hook protector and lock will be positively retained in its correct position without danger of becoming loose or accidentally unscrewing and falling from its correct position. It is further obvious that when so desired the spring member 11 may be connected directly to the hook member without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It should, of course, be understood that this hook protector and lock is susceptible of many changes without departing from the spirit of the invention. For instance, the

screw 2 may be dlspensed with and an ordinary screw eye may be passed through the opening formed in the housing so as to pivotally support the hook member, the hook member being urged in one direction by means of an ordinary spring. Therefore, it is not desired to confine the scope of this device to the specific construction as herein disclosed, but to include all such modifications and forms, as properly come within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a hook member, means for supporting said hook member, said means being adapted to swing said hook member in a desired direction, said means also being adapted to allow said hook member to swing laterally, whereby said hook member will engage a screw eye for holding a screen in a closed position or may be released so as to swing to a set position for preventing the same from injuring foreign objects.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame, a shaft pivotally mounted upon said frame, a hook member keyed upon said shaft, a spring carried by said frame and engaging said shaft for urging said shaft in one direction whereby said hook member may be urged in one direction, said hook member being adapted to be swung to a substantially horizontal plane so as to engage a screw eye for holding a screen in a closed position, said hook member being adapted to be swung to a set position when not in use by means of said spring so as to prevent the hook member from injuring foreign objects and means for holding said hook member from lateral movement when in an inoperative position. 3. A device of the class described comprising a frame, said frame comprising a base, a screw extending through said base, said screw being adapted to engage a screen for supporting said frame, a hollow housing formed integral upon said base and extending therefrom whereby when said housing is carried by a screen it will. normally extend in a horizontal plane, a shaft pivotally mounted upon said housing, means for urging said shaft in one direction so as to prevent its accidentally injuring foreign objects when the same is not in use, said hook member being adapted to be swung so as to swing said shaft, whereby said hook member may be moved into engagement with a screw eye when desired.

4. A device of the class described comprising a frame, said frame comprising a base, a screw extending through said base, whereby said frame may be supported upon a screen, a hollow cylindrical housing formed upon said base, said housing provided with a pair of guiding edges communicating with a pocket, a shaft pivotally mounted upon said housing in alinement with said pocket, means for urging said shaft in one direction, a hook member carried by said shaft whereby said shaft may normally urge said hook member in one direction so as to allow the same to extend through said pocket, said guiding edges being adapted to guide said hook member into said pocket, and said housing being adapted Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing to guard the pivoted end of said hook member and said shaft.

5. A device of the class described comprising a frame, said frame being adapted V to be carried upon a screen or upon a door,

a shaft pivotally mounted upon said-frame,

said shaft provided with a fiat body portion, meansfor urging said shaft in one direction, a hook member carried upon said shaft, said hook member provided with an -elongated slot, said flat body of said shaft said shaft and then being adapted to be swung to one side upon said flat body so as to allow the hook member to engage a screw eye for holding a screen or doorin a closed position. 7

6. A device'of the class described comprising a frame, means for supporting said frame upon. a screen door or other support, said frame comprising a housing having a pair of openings formed in alinement, one of said openings being larger than the remaining opening, a shaft comprising a flat body portion, necks extending from the end of said body portion, said necks extending through said openings of said housing, one of said necks provided with a flattened por tion, whereby the flattened portion and said flat body will hold the shaft against accidental displacement', a coiled spring carried upon the remaining neck, said flat body provided with an opening, one end of said coiled springocarried within said opening, said frame provided with a notched portion, the opposite end of said coiled spring terminating in an elongated finger extending into said notched portion, whereby said shaft may be normally urged in one direction, a hook member provided with a fiat body having an elongated slot, said body portion of said shaft extending through said slot and being of the same breadth as the width of said slot, whereby when said shaft pivots it will swing said hookmember thereby holding the hook member in a set position when not in use so as to prevent the hook member from-injuring foreign objects, said hook member being capable of swinging said shaft and then being swung to one side so as to engage a screw eye for holding a screen door or other support in a closed position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

SAMUEL J. SWEARINGEN.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

